Russian attacks on the port infrastructure of Mykolaiv region caused over UAH 8.5 million in environmental damage

In July and August 2026, Russian attacks repeatedly caused fires at port infrastructure facilities in Mykolaiv Oblast. The total environmental damage exceeded 8.5 million hryvnias, the State Environmental Inspection of the South-Western District reported.

During the attacks, vessels, buildings and auxiliary port facilities burned. The fire also engulfed dry vegetation and fuel and lubricants.

After inspections and processing operational summaries of the State Emergency Service (DSNS), the inspection’s specialists prepared 22 damage estimates for the harm caused to the atmosphere by the fires. The total area of burning of vessels, buildings and other port facilities amounted to 2,120 square meters.

On some sections about 1 hectare of dry vegetation burned, as well as 1 ton of fuel and lubricants. As a result of the fires approximately 186 tons of pollutants entered the atmosphere, of which 184.5 tons was carbon dioxide.

The calculated damage to the atmosphere reached nearly 460 thousand hryvnias. Separately, the inspection determined damage to land resources due to contamination of the Mykolaiv seaport territory after the shelling on July 17 — this amount exceeded 8 million hryvnias.

Information about the consequences of the attacks and the completed calculations are being transmitted to the Operational Headquarters at the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine. There they document the damage caused by armed aggression.

Earlier we wrote:

• A garbage fire in Mykolaiv caused over 700 thousand hryvnias in environmental damage
• Fires broke out in Mykolaiv due to Russian attacks: 4 people died
• From the bronze bride to the ship near the Embankment: what happened on September 10 in Mykolaiv
• One of the biggest strikes of the year: Reshetilov spoke about the consequences of the attack on Mykolaiv
• Massive attack on the Mykolaiv region: KABs, Shaheds, Iskanders, “Banderoli”